Every picture tells a story…

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Mike Petraglia
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November 20, 2008 @ 8:57 am
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With the Boston Bruins[1] enjoying a renaissance and starting to capture the imagination and attention of the Boston sports fan, now would be a good time to take a look at one of the best pictorials ever done on the Original Six franchise by one of the best photographers ever to cover Boston sports.

Black and Gold – Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs[2] is out in bookstores and available on line. It is a piece of work that chronicles one man’s life of documenting one of the most storied teams on ice. But the real hook in the book are the stories that go along with the pictures that were taken by Bruins photographer Steve Babineau.

The text was written by former NESN Bruins reporter Rob Simpson with a sincere and heartfelt foreward provided by none other than ‘Grapes’ himself, Don Cherry.

My personal favorite story behind the photo is a tale of Adam Oates, Brett Hull, Neil Young and a guitar.

In the ‘Scrapbook’ chapter, ‘Babs’ also does a great job of including his two sons and daughter, detailing how they have been with him every step of his impressive photojournalist career.

For those who cover sports now at TD Banknorth Garden[3], not only is ‘Babs’ a fixture, but so, too, are his sons Brian, an assistant equipment manager, and Keith, who has followed in dad’s footsteps as a team photographer. His daughter Jamie is also now a photographer who can be seen in and around the Garden.

[2] Black and Gold – Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1227195019/ref=a9_sc_1?ie=UTF8&search-alias=stripbooks&field-keywords=black%20and%20gold%20four%20decades%20of%20the%20boston%20bruins%20in%20photography